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Syiwiiyins — Digger Squirrel; Beechey Ground Squirrel; 

 Speriiiophilus hecchcyi; Spcrmopliilus grammurus beecheyi; 

 Citellus variegatus beecheyi; Citellus grammurus beecheyi. 



Range — Upper Sonoran, Lower Sonoran and Transition 

 zones of west-central California, south from San Francisco 

 Bay throughout the coast region as far as Ventura County; 

 also Sacramento Valley east of Sacramento River and south 

 of Butte and Lassen counties; also northern portion of the 

 San Joaquin Valley and west slope of middle Sierra Nevada 

 (Mus. Vert. Zool. ; Merriam, Dept. Agric, Bur. Biol. Surv. 

 Circ, 76, 1910, pp. 2, 3). 



Citellus beecheyi fisheri (Merriam) 

 Fisher Ground Squirrel 



Original description — Spcrmophilus beecheyi fisheri Mer- 

 riam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 8, December 28, 1893, pp. 133, 

 134. 



Type locality — Kern Valley, 25 miles above /= east of) 

 Kernville, Kern County, California. 



Synonyms — Sperniophilus grammurus fisheri; Citellus varie- 

 gatus fisheri; Citellus grammurus fisheri. 



Range — Lower Sonoran, Upper Sonoran, and Transition 

 zones in the southern San Joaquin Valley and surrounding 

 mountains, north at least to Madera County; east over the 

 southern Sierra Nevada and on the desert ranges of the Inyo 

 region as far east as the Panamint Mountains ; and south 

 through the San Diegan district and adjacent edges of the 

 Mohave and Colorado deserts to the Mexican line (Mus. Vert. 

 Zool.; Merriam, Dept. Agric, Bur. Biol. Surv. Circ, 76, 1910, 

 pp. 2, 3). 



Citellus beecheyi nesioticus Elliot 

 Catalina Island Ground Squirrel 



Original description — Citellus nesioticus Elliot, Field Col. 

 Mus., zool. sen, 3, March, 1904, pp. 263, 264. 



Type locality — Santa Catalina Island, Santa Barbara group, 

 California. 



Range — Santa Catalina Island (Elliot, supra cit.). 



